How do i know if my clutch is going bad?

Well it isnt on my car but on a SAAB. I dont know crap about clutchs but when i drove it it seemed to shift ok. What does a bad clutch do?

A clutch that is going out will start slipping. I.E. you press the gas down and the rpm's rise but the speed doesn't, or not at fast as it should.

take it out on a highway or somewhere you can get up to cruising speed 55-60mph or so in 5th gear (OD gear) and mash on the gas, if your RPM's go up and car doesnt accelerate along with it, you're clutch is slipping

When mine went it didn't want to come out of gear...also...when you cut the car off it slid into gear just fine....leave her in gear and try to crank the car and the car would move with the clutch pedal fully depressed. Those are some of the same symptoms as a hydraulic leak also.

Joe

Originally posted by simple
take it out on a highway or somewhere you can get up to cruising speed 55-60mph or so in 5th gear (OD gear) and mash on the gas, if your RPM's go up and car doesnt accelerate along with it, you're clutch is slipping

it has never done that to me yet my clutch slips pretty bad. i think alot of it was when lambert put it on the dyno.... slipping the clutch alot